Sam AltmanCEO of OpenAI emphasized in an online Q&A session that achieving human-like artificial intelligence (AGI) is achievable with current hardware. In response to users’ questions, he said that the development of AGI requires huge investment and new infrastructure, including the creation of dozens of chip factories; A process that requires about 7 trillion dollars and years of time.
Altman implicitly described the GPT-4 model as weak and incomplete, explaining that the model is “embarrassing” at best. While criticizing the mentioned model, he announced that OpenAI is working on improved versions that will be more intelligent and may be presented with a name other than GPT-5. The company’s new generation of artificial intelligence will probably have a function similar to a “virtual brain”.
According to Altman, one of the surprises of ChatGPT was the acceptance of this tool by users; Despite the initial problems, including instability and performance limitations, users continued to use the chatbot. ChatGPT, which was introduced in November 2022, is now approaching its second anniversary, and OpenAI plans to increase the processing capacity of its chatbot by increasing the number of GPUs in its data centers.
Other ChatGPT features that are under development include the ability to end voice conversations using hands. Kevin WillIn response to users’ requests, the OpenAI product manager announced that he will share this idea with the technical team and that it is possible to add the mentioned feature in future versions.
OpenAI has also stepped into the field of search engines with a new search tool called SearchGPT, and according to Altman, this tool, unlike traditional search engines such as Google, is designed to answer complex questions and can provide a faster and more accurate web search experience.
